mtg red vampire cards Magic: The Gathering' introduces a big tiddy goth for you to simp over Art by Raymond Swanland. t:"vampire" c!r · Scryfall Magic:

Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token or card will also work

Admittedly it is very effective at that, but you have to consider that a giant creature like that is of absolutely no use in the early game, before you've accumulated the 10 mana required to cast it, which is when you typically need the secondary effects of your finishers most

Red-Green: Storm This final color pair, opposite U/B on the color pie, seems to be filling a similar supporting role

Let's see what this commander can do

Gray Merchant of Asphodel Gray Merchant of Asphodel might be the best reason to be in mono-black

The loss of life and card advantage allow Vampiric to reasonably just cost one which in turn allows you to keep even one land hands if they are good enough and you have Vamp to get you out of it